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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, BTC HONG KONG, BANGKOK
VISIT BY MR RENTON
1.
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WE UNDERSTAND FROM ENQUIRIES TO NEWS DEPARTMENT THAT NEWS
OF MR RENTON'S FORTHCOMING VISIT TO HONG KONG IS ABOUT TO BREAK
THERE. IN RESPONSE TO THESE ENQUIRIES NEWS DEPT ARE TAKING THE
LINE THAT NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE OF A FAR EAST
VISIT BY MR RENTON. HOWEVER IN UNATTRIBUTABLE BRIEFING WE SHALL
INDICATE THAT WHEN MR RENTON TOOK OVER FROM MR LUCE AS FCO
MINISTER OF STATE HE MADE CLEAR THAT HE INTENDED AS SOON AS
CIRCUMSTANCES PERMITTED TO UNDERTAKE THE VISIT TO CHINA THAT MR LUCE HAD PLANNED TO MAKE. WHEN HE DOES SO, IT IS VERY LIKELY
THAT HE WILL PASS THROUGH HONG KONG.
2.
WE DO NOT WANT ANY IMPRESSION TO GAIN GROUND THAT MR
RENTON'S TRIP IS A RESPONSE TO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG.
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